David J. Toscano
@davidjtoscano.bsky.social
Attorney and Author, Charlottesville, Virginia. Former member and Democratic Leader, Virginia House of Delegates, former Mayor of Charlottesville, publisher of books on the states and Virginia, writes at deltoscano@substack.https://deltoscano.substack.com
another inflection point for our country?https://deltoscano.substack.com/p/minneapolis-greenland-and-the-end
January 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM
another inflection point for our country?https://deltoscano.substack.com/p/minneapolis-greenland-and-the-end
I stand with Minneapolis
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I stand with Minneapolis
Redistricting update virginiamercury.com/2026/01/02/m...
Midcycle redistricting deepens America’s divide • Virginia Mercury
A 19th-century tactic returns — with 21st-century consequences
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January 6, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Redistricting update virginiamercury.com/2026/01/02/m...
check out new piece on redistricting wars
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deltoscano.substack.com/p/redistrict...
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
check out new piece on redistricting wars
deltoscano.substack.com/p/redistrict...
deltoscano.substack.com/p/redistrict...
election commentary in this post
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November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
election commentary in this post
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Do Mass Protests Make a Difference?, by @deltoscano open.substack.com/pub/deltosca...
Do Mass Protests Make a Difference?
Photo credit: Geoff Livingston
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October 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Do Mass Protests Make a Difference?, by @deltoscano open.substack.com/pub/deltosca...
Texas Redistricting is not "Business as Usual!"
Column: Virginia narrowly avoided a Texas-style power grab www.pilotonline.com/2025/08/16/c...
Column: Virginia narrowly avoided a Texas-style power grab www.pilotonline.com/2025/08/16/c...
Column: Virginia narrowly avoided a Texas-style power grab
Virginia’s example shows that having the majority doesn’t mean you have to bulldoze democratic norms, former Del. David J. Toscano writes in a guest column.
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August 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Texas Redistricting is not "Business as Usual!"
Column: Virginia narrowly avoided a Texas-style power grab www.pilotonline.com/2025/08/16/c...
Column: Virginia narrowly avoided a Texas-style power grab www.pilotonline.com/2025/08/16/c...
Good news, but not terribly surprising. The legislature has to approve appointments for them to take affect Judge temporarily suspends appointees senators rejected from serving on Va. college governing boards virginiamercury.com/2025/07/29/j...
Judge temporarily suspends appointees senators rejected from serving on Va. college governing boards • Virginia Mercury
A Fairfax County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday granted a temporary injunction suspending eight gubernatorial appointees from serving on governing boards at the University of Virginia, Virginia Milita...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Good news, but not terribly surprising. The legislature has to approve appointments for them to take affect Judge temporarily suspends appointees senators rejected from serving on Va. college governing boards virginiamercury.com/2025/07/29/j...
Elections this fall will matter--not just for Governor but for the legislature
www.governing.com/politics/why...
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Why Virginia’s Legislature Holds All the Cards
Virginia has the nation’s oldest legislature. It’s also arguably the most powerful.
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July 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Elections this fall will matter--not just for Governor but for the legislature
www.governing.com/politics/why...
www.governing.com/politics/why...
deltoscano.substack.com/p/red-wave-h.... The battle to protect access to health moves to the states.
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July 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
deltoscano.substack.com/p/red-wave-h.... The battle to protect access to health moves to the states.
richmond.com/opinion/colu...
Just published in RTD. Youngkin's own numbers show negative impact of Trump's so-called big beautiful bill.
Just published in RTD. Youngkin's own numbers show negative impact of Trump's so-called big beautiful bill.
richmond.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Just published in RTD. Youngkin's own numbers show negative impact of Trump's so-called big beautiful bill.
Just published in RTD. Youngkin's own numbers show negative impact of Trump's so-called big beautiful bill.
New post on nagging questions involving Jim Ryan's resignationhttps://deltoscano.substack.com/p/turning-point
July 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New post on nagging questions involving Jim Ryan's resignationhttps://deltoscano.substack.com/p/turning-point
Another view down 29. And the crowds keep continuing to grow.
June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Another view down 29. And the crowds keep continuing to grow.
Join us for no kings protest at Stone Field. Crowds are growing.
June 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Join us for no kings protest at Stone Field. Crowds are growing.
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS CHARLOTTESVILLE” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS CHARLOTTESVILLE · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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June 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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156. Federalizing the California National Guard
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156. Federalizing the California National Guard
President Trump's Saturday night "memorandum" federalizing 2000 California National Guard troops is a tentative step toward abusing authorities for domestic use of the military, but a dangerous one.
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June 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
156. Federalizing the California National Guard
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